Speech #910087613

I thank the Senator from Nebraska. Mr. President. I have spoken out many times on the floor of the Senate regarding the impact foreign imports have on our domestic livestock industry. I have joined time and again with colleagues also concerned with the impact of beef imports. to try and obtain passage of legislation that would strengthen the existing import quota law. Public Law 88482. We have been unsuccessful to date. but the need for strengthening the law is demonstrated time and again. year after year. including 1969. In 1968. the cattle industry and Members of the Congress watched throughout the year as estimates of foreign meats subject to Public Law 88482 were announced. and then revised upwardand then revised upward again.